The Washington critic., 1887-01-21
JERSEY LTLYISMS.
Mrs. Langtry Talks Freely on Various
- SocInl TOpica.

Mrs. Langtry Talks Freely on Various
~ Social Topics.
"Tlicrc seems to be great craving
on the part of many actresses to achieve
social success" remarked Mrs. Lang
try, in a recent talk with Philadel-
phia Press reporter. 81 have had all |
want of 1t. Society Is dangerous
ground-dangerous for young women,
] mean"
more so than the stage?"
Decidedly. A young girls morals
are safer on the stage than amid the
dangers of fashionable drawing.
room, great bail or other fashionable
gath crings. How could 1t be other.
wise amid lot of people who live high
and have nothing to do but to amusc
thems elves2 IL Is only natural that
they should flirt, and that a young girl
should be In constant danger. The
quiet. gentle life away from fashion
and It's sel6shness is best for a young
girl"
"Do you mean that fashionable peo
pie are cold hearted ~
"No, not cold hearted. 1t would be
better for many of them If they were.
1t Is impossible for an aris
tocrat 10 do anything that will injurc
him much with his order"
But Lord Colin Campbell sue.
ceeded in injuring himself, did he
not ?"
"Oh, no, indeed. l had letter only
yesterday from an English gentleman
of great importance, and he tells me
that the aristocracy are hoping that
Lord Colin will soon Come back into
society"
And Lady Coling'
"She is quite gay, am told, and has
lost nothing Of her position in society.
But If plain Mrs. Jones were to do any
thing even mildly bad everybody would
say, oh, that dreadful Mrs. Jones,
and she would be cut forever
Perhaps, then, 1t Is true that the
| Prince of Wales can absolutely make
and unmake the position Of men and
women"
mo not exactly that. If the Prince
fancy any one, of course, the aris,oc.
racy Is likely to follow. And If he
| sees any new face, any young woman
| who is bright and interesting and
pretty and-and-young, he is likely
10 ask to have her introduced to him.
Then all his set cast their favors on
her. His set is, of course, the best OF
the fast sets"
"The Prince has shown some liking
| for American women
| Yes; | met some of them. do
not think 1t good for American women
to be thrown into fashionable society
in London. am afraid 1t makes them
less American in spirit, and that the
title dazzles them"
But they have been successful
there"
Eyes, as the word goes. You know
a pretty American girl is likely to b(
very charming to an Englishman. She
knows so much more than EnglIsl
girls. She can be so much mort
amusing. She is trained up to MAKE
herself interesting, and she is thor
oughly self.possesscd at 10 years o.
age. One rarely hears anything of al
English woman, however, until she II
married. She is brought up in seclu
sion until she is Is or 10 or 90, and ther
put into Il low dress and sent out into
the world of fashion. But to be seen
not heard. Indeed, an English girl II
a company is frightened at the sount
of her own voice, and If a married
woman even, much less a man, speal
to her she bushes"
Suppose girl undertook to MAKE
n figure in society, what would you ad
wise her to do?
Il would advise her not TO do it,
"But If she insisted p
Then let her be pretty and anus
ing"
"Is that all ?"
| "That is all "